Kalugin

Rookie
Hello, my friends! Today i need some help from your side.

I added to my collection another Head Pro Tour 630. Its first generation, so it's Star Trek font with classic (not CAP) bumper TK55A.
But the racquet turned to be a real puzzle, when i knew it specs. It slightly extended at 68,9 cm. 376 grams strung with grip (Hydrosorb) and overgrip, with 30,5 balance. So with Head Finest Calfskin it will reach around 383-385 grams!

Also we have professionaly installed lead tape under the bumper guard, and in the handle not silicone, but rounded metall construction. From the photo you can see, that it almost impossible to install it at amateur level. It so well suited to the left channel!

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The racquet is a puzzle, cause we don't know original grip-size, as pallets and butt cap were changed.

It's important to point that maybe Head customized their racquets with silicone in 98% (or so) of cases, but from other hand we have a nail in Soderling's customized handle of his PT57A.

I suspect that this racquet is a personal one from ATP Pro in a period from 1994 till 1998. What do you think?

Hope for your help!
 
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Kalugin

Rookie
Some more interesting details from my racquet that indicate differences in comparison with regular retail Pro Tour 630 Trek Font from 1994.
Top row - my racquet (Head namings on a bumper are not in silver + there is no R mark after Head naming on the throat).
Bottom row - is regular retail:

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And you can also clearly see differences in paintjobs. My racquet is bottom one, top one - is regular retail:

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fritzhimself

Professional
Your original racket had a butt cap without a trapdoor.
As this trapdoor makes the butt cap (one of Prince's in the picture) a few mm longer, this results in excess length - but you can shorten it at any time.
I have some original Prestiges from the time - the top one is a personal racket from Thomas Muster.
All the others were original sales rackets in Austria.
The “R” does not mean that the others are fakes.
At that time, lead strips were placed between the twin-tubes at the end of the handle during production. If it is an iron pin, then someone added it later.
I believe that both variations are genuine - but it doesn't have to be a Pro Stock frame. The frame from Muster has 67 RA (unstrung) - Tom never played the soft original retail frame.

 

Kalugin

Rookie
Your original racket had a butt cap without a trapdoor.
As this trapdoor makes the butt cap (one of Prince's in the picture) a few mm longer, this results in excess length - but you can shorten it at any time.
I have some original Prestiges from the time - the top one is a personal racket from Thomas Muster.
All the others were original sales rackets in Austria.
The “R” does not mean that the others are fakes.
At that time, lead strips were placed between the twin-tubes at the end of the handle during production. If it is an iron pin, then someone added it later.
I believe that both variations are genuine - but it doesn't have to be a Pro Stock frame. The frame from Muster has 67 RA (unstrung) - Tom never played the soft original retail frame.

Hello! That is more than great info about Muster's customization and some details from Head Custom as well. Thanks for sharing.
But! You were not quite accurate with all the info that I've posted. My racquet doesn't have that R mark. Plus it has not a regular retail bumper, as Head namings are not drawn in silver on it. Plus the paintjob is different from regular retail one.
Also you are writing about Head regular customization process. But the custom could been made on a side organization. Like in the case of Robin Soderling.
 

Donmikan

Rookie
Hello! That is more than great info about Muster's customization and some details from Head Custom as well. Thanks for sharing.
But! You were not quite accurate with all the info that I've posted. My racquet doesn't have that R mark. Plus it has not a regular retail bumper, as Head namings are not drawn in silver on it. Plus the paintjob is different from regular retail one.
Also you are writing about Head regular customization process. But the custom could been made on a side organization. Like in the case of Robin Soderling.
Is it possible that the silver just washed off in the meantime? I just checked my Star Trek PT630, it doesnt have almost any silver on the letters left. It does have that R mark thought.
 

fritzhimself

Professional
Hello! That is more than great info about Muster's customization and some details from Head Custom as well. Thanks for sharing.
But! You were not quite accurate with all the info that I've posted. My racquet doesn't have that R mark. Plus it has not a regular retail bumper, as Head namings are not drawn in silver on it. Plus the paintjob is different from regular retail one.
Also you are writing about Head regular customization process. But the custom could been made on a side organization. Like in the case of Robin Soderling.
With the exception of the PT 690, my Prestige also has no R and is original. I think there are several paint finishes for the PT630. Furthermore, this silver underlay is not very durable. I also have 3 original TK 55A and there is also no silver color. I can confirm that they are genuine - I got them directly from Kennelbach from Head.
I wouldn't overestimate the whole thing.
 

Kalugin

Rookie
Is it possible that the silver just washed off in the meantime? I just checked my Star Trek PT630, it doesnt have almost any silver on the letters left. It does have that R mark thought.
No, the Head namings were not in silver from the beginning on this bumper. Bumper is in very good conditions for his age. No signs of silver at all. The racquet - too, in great conditions.
With the exception of the PT 690, my Prestige also has no R and is original. I think there are several paint finishes for the PT630. Furthermore, this silver underlay is not very durable. I also have 3 original TK 55A and there is also no silver color. I can confirm that they are genuine - I got them directly from Kennelbach from Head.
I wouldn't overestimate the whole thing.
Do you have Pro Tours 630 that were installed with TK55A bumper with Heas namings not in silver from the beginning?

You think or are you sure that there were few paintjob finishes for Pro Tour 630 Trek Font?

I don't want to overestimate this racquet, and i didn't say - hey, that's a pro stock one. I just suspect that it was used by a pro player, with this accurate and masterful customization.
 
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Kalugin

Rookie
I no longer have a PT 630 myself.
But I still string a few with the CAP.
When the racket came onto the market, there were no CAP grommets yet.
The racket was first offered with CAP in 1995.
I can give you more accurate and full info.
1994 - first generation of Pro Tour 630, came in Trek Font with standard bumper TK55A, Made in Austria (written on the throat under Head naming)
1995 - second generation of Pro Tour 630, came in Shadow Font with CAP bumper TK 57, Made in Austria (written with little letters in a place where handle meets throat).

The question was: did you meet Pro Tour 630 first gen with bumper where Head namings were not in silver.
 

esm

Legend
The non CAP head guard with silver print, is that the one from the Microgel Radical MP head guard?
 

esm

Legend
Not the one in the picture
Thanks for that.
Just checked a few of mine and the Radial MP head guard is indeed different to the ones above. It had (a bolder) white font style on both sides only.
I have the other head guard on a Candycane Radical Tour (black, non-coloured), Pro Tour Lite 630 (gold), with the Head logo on both sides and at the tip, but no TK55a marking on it though. lol
The Pro Tour Lite 690 has the “similar” head guard with gold prints.
The Prestige 600 head guard has no Head logo on it.
 
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